Weak-minded; imbecile from old age.

Excessively fond.

Also spelled doating.

adjective. That dotes; silly; excessively fond.

verb. Present participle of dote.

adjective. Characterized by giving love and affection.

noun. Excessive fondness; reverence.

adjective. extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent

"The thought of her honor, so carefully guarded, and so unhappily lost, was torture to her; but the worst was her fear that her lover had broken his word to her, which she did not believe he could ever have done unless he loved some fairer lady, and in doting fondness had suffered her to extort the secret from him."

loving  

bloating  boating  coating  denoting  devoting  

Fon  affectionate  aging  apish  asinine  

dote